Topics in Modern Jewish Thought: Political Theory (EM)

Subject associations
REL 420
Term
Fall 2019
Instructors
Leora F. Batnitzky
Registrar description

The question of how Jews, the historical "other" of the west, could be integrated into the modern nation state is one of the defining features not just of modern Jewish thought but of modernity more broadly. This course considers the relevance of modern Jewish thinking about the nature of the state, individual and collective freedoms, and political tyranny for modern debates in political theory. Topics include: liberalism, socialism, totalitarianism, race and identity politics.